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Political Parties in United States |
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When the founders of United States of America wrote down their constitution way back in 1787, they never imagined that various political parties would play a huge role in running the government. Rather, they tried their level best to deter the formation of parties by adopting measures such as checks and balances, separation of powers etc. However, despite of all these provisions U.S became the first country to organize a political party on a national level.
Today the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are the two main parties in the U.S political environment. Most elected candidates of the U.S assembly are from these two political parties. Ever since 1852, the president of U.S has been either a democrat or a republican. Even in 110th U.S Congress, which convened in January, The House of Representative has 202 Republicans and 233 Democrats.
The most common method for electing state and national legislator in the U.S is the "single-member" district system. This implies that whichever person receives the greatest number of votes in any voting district is elected. Unlike the promotional system, this system allows only one party to win from a single district. Support for the political parties in United States is based broadly and is outclassed.
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